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<blockquote data-quote="katya02" data-source="post: 195252" data-attributes="member: 2884"><p>I agree, I really wish husband hadn't phrased things the way he did during that talk ... he verbalized his own thoughts rather than thinking out how to approach the conversation with a goal. I talked with him this morning about finding out about local housing possibilities etc., and having a Plan B for difficult child that was not merely 'pack and move out, and by the way you won't survive'. It's weird. husband loves our kids deeply, and he was in agony over thinking of making difficult child leave. But then he thinks in dire terms and not only thinks, but verbalizes them. To difficult child!! This verbal - ineptitude? awkwardness? disconnect between what he knows should be said and what he says? - is longstanding with husband. It has made family and extended family interactions very difficult at times over the years. Yet husband doesn't do it deliberately, it's like some sort of verbal dyslexia. He always thinks he's being clear and reasonable, and other people are offended and distanced. And he doesn't know why.</p><p></p><p>Janet, I would love for difficult child to be in therapy for Borderline (BPD). I have to look into resources some distance away because there's no one in our town. I'd love some therapy for me, too!! difficult child is on three different antidepressants at the moment, one for panic attacks, one for sleep and the last for depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I've been keeping the bottles in my room and filling a weekly dosette because difficult child was being so impulsive earlier in the summer, but now he's offended that I don't trust him with the medications bottles. It's hard ... he's twenty and should handle his own medications and I did give them back to him recently, but if he gets really upset they're like a loaded gun (the sleeping medication is Elavil). We've gone through a ton of others and this comb. seems to work best, but it makes me nervous. Do you know of any other medications commonly used for Borderline (BPD)? It's mostly treatment of symptoms, isn't it?</p><p></p><p>I'll pm you about the web sites - I know of a couple but would welcome suggestions.</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Katya</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="katya02, post: 195252, member: 2884"] I agree, I really wish husband hadn't phrased things the way he did during that talk ... he verbalized his own thoughts rather than thinking out how to approach the conversation with a goal. I talked with him this morning about finding out about local housing possibilities etc., and having a Plan B for difficult child that was not merely 'pack and move out, and by the way you won't survive'. It's weird. husband loves our kids deeply, and he was in agony over thinking of making difficult child leave. But then he thinks in dire terms and not only thinks, but verbalizes them. To difficult child!! This verbal - ineptitude? awkwardness? disconnect between what he knows should be said and what he says? - is longstanding with husband. It has made family and extended family interactions very difficult at times over the years. Yet husband doesn't do it deliberately, it's like some sort of verbal dyslexia. He always thinks he's being clear and reasonable, and other people are offended and distanced. And he doesn't know why. Janet, I would love for difficult child to be in therapy for Borderline (BPD). I have to look into resources some distance away because there's no one in our town. I'd love some therapy for me, too!! difficult child is on three different antidepressants at the moment, one for panic attacks, one for sleep and the last for depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I've been keeping the bottles in my room and filling a weekly dosette because difficult child was being so impulsive earlier in the summer, but now he's offended that I don't trust him with the medications bottles. It's hard ... he's twenty and should handle his own medications and I did give them back to him recently, but if he gets really upset they're like a loaded gun (the sleeping medication is Elavil). We've gone through a ton of others and this comb. seems to work best, but it makes me nervous. Do you know of any other medications commonly used for Borderline (BPD)? It's mostly treatment of symptoms, isn't it? I'll pm you about the web sites - I know of a couple but would welcome suggestions. Thanks, Katya [/QUOTE]
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